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Balafire flicker bulb

LB — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 02:04:29 +0000

This is a “flicker light” from my childhood. The green lacquer coating on the bulb is coming off, but amazingly it still works. It makes a soft tinking sound as the filaments hit the glass on either side.

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Industrial articulated wall lamp

LB — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:15:18 +0000

It seems impossible to find completely unadorned industrial design like this new (or even pseudo-industrial, since this lamp was probably made for the domestic market). It’s a vintage midcentury modern lamp from Furniture-Love.com via plastolux.

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A sundog for the shortest days of the year

LB — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:15:25 +0000

I would be interested to know if anyone has used a sundog. It’s a little robot that directs natural sunlight into a window all day by following the sun’s arc and consistently reflecting its light into the room.

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Pae White chandelier

LB — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:10:29 +0000

Chandelier by Pae White. Once again from the lovely oasis known as You Have Been Here Sometime.

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Wood and paper lamps from Japan

LB — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:05:16 +0000

“Our lighting is hand-built in Japan from natural materials, including the hand-made paper (washi) of Eriko Horiki, the bent Japanese cedar of Toshiyuki Tani’s Wappa series, the coiled beech wood of the Bunaco Lacquer Ware Company, and the todomatsu pine slats of Takumi Kohgei.

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Hanging ships

LB — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:29:22 +0000

Western European churches, especially those near or in shipping towns, often suspended a model ship from the ceiling as a symbol of good luck for sailors. The practice is probably most common in Denmark, but is fairly widespread.

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Everyone loves the lamps in the Palais de Tokyo cafe

LB — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:34:44 +0000

Various incarnations of the cafe in the Palais de Tokyo art museum in Paris, and its simple but excellent lamp array. A selection of Flickr photos by pavilion tone, Purple Cloud, roryrory, photocapy, and jennylampstand.

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Florida House by Gene Leedy

LB — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:13:54 +0000

This midcentury modern house is for sale – or was – according to the Paul Rudolph Foundation website, which links to this great set of photos from ECOHUSET on Flickr.

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Alvaro Siza

LB — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:11:35 +0000

This is the Parish Church Complex of Marco de Canevezes, Portugal. It was designed by Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza with Rolando Torgo and completed in 1990. It’s a deceptively simple building.

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Dram lamp by Propellor, made from vintage tumblers

LB — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:25:03 +0000

This fantastic new pendant lamp or chandelier is by my friends Propellor, an award winning collaboration of three Vancouver designers whose ridiculously beautiful studio is a few blocks from mine.

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